Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 21, 2012, 2:45 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 22, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2012, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 278 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WWUS85 KPUB 212045 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM 1100 THROUGH 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 227...WHICH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND CHAFFEE...LAKE...FREMONT AND EL PASO COUNTIES... COZ223-212145- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0019.120622T1700Z-120623T0300Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- 245 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 223... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH BUT HUMIDITY AND WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET CRITICAL VALUES. $$ COZ220>222-224>227-221245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0019.120622T1700Z-120623T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0028.120622T1700Z-120623T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 245 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224...225...226 AND 227... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226 AND 227. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SR
4 follow-up statements
170 WWUS85 KPUB 220518 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1118 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1100 TO 2100 FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...TELLER...FREMONT...CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS... COZ220>222-224>227-222130- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.120622T1700Z-120623T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 1118 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224...225...226 AND 227... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226 AND 227. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
806 WWUS85 KPUB 221053 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1100 TO 2100 TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...TELLER...FREMONT...CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES... THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS... COZ220>222-224>227-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.120622T1700Z-120623T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 453 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222... 224...225...226 AND 227... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226 AND 227. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
170 WWUS85 KPUB 222039 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 239 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2100 MDT TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...TELLER...FREMONT...CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES... THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1100 UNTIL 2000 MDT SATURDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...WHICH INCLUDES CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES... COZ220-231245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0029.120623T1700Z-120624T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120623T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY- 239 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220. * WINDS...TODAY...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SATURDAY...WEST-SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN 5 TO 8 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAINES...6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ221-222-224>227-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120623T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 239 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225...226 AND 227... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225... 226 AND 227. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
190 WWUS85 KPUB 230325 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 925 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 227...INCLUDING EL PASO...TELLER...FREMONT...CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...WHICH INCLUDES CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES... COZ220-231930- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120623T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0029.120623T1700Z-120624T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY- 925 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FOR THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ221-222-224>227-230430- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120623T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 925 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225...226 AND 227 FOR THIS EVENING... ALTHOUGH HUMIDITIES REMAIN QUITE LOW...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:41 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.